When Naz defended his world title for the first time, against Said Lawal, I watched it in the pub. That was, I think, in 2001.

I turned around to the whole room, all of whom believed the hype about the Prince, and said that there was a young Mexican called Marco Antonio Barrera who would beat Hamed.

Howls of drunk enough derision ensued .... 5 years later I was proven right